All posts tagged ‘The Price is Right’

I love game shows. Love them. As a kid, any weekday not in school was spent in front of the TV watching every game show available. I always think that my math and thinking skills are sharper as a result, and I lament the loss of the culture of game shows. Good thing The Price Is Right is still on.

PHASE 1: While watching that month of episodes, record the general appearance, estimated age, enthusiasm level, and custom-shirt-having-ness of every called-down contestant to A) generate demographic breakdowns in an effort to build a predictive model, and B) figure out if the producers have some obvious bias against giant beards, which would mean I’d had to shave.

PHASE 2: Make spreadsheets documenting the price of every single item and showcase for that month, plus what every contestant bid on them.

PHASE 3: Convince my brother-in-law in San Diego, who knows actually how to make spreadsheets, to make those spreadsheets.

PHASE 4: Get custom T-shirts designed and made, and pay the designer with a six pack of those cool Guinness bottles with the nitro-widgets.

PHASE 5: Track down anyone who’s ever been on contestants’ row, especially those who have won prizes, and extract all possible knowledge from their uniquely excitable brains.

PHASE 6: Get to contestants’ row, then proceed to win a new car, a six-night trip to Morocco, a pair of Jet Skis, a 70-inch 3D TV, $61,000 in cash, and a panini press.

Robinson also explains how they cracked the code of the interview process. I knew all that math learned on game shows could pay off. I hope you’ll soon see me winning a trip to Puerta Vallarta with Drew Carey.